The Walk of Life Project hinges on a simple, pure, and extremely goofy question: what would happen if you laid Dire Straits' 1985 hit "Walk of Life" over a handful of iconic final sequences from the last half-century of movies and TV? I know it's the brainchild of Peter Salomone, … | Continue reading
Hackers attempted to steal up to $1 billion from Bangladesh's central bank last month — but their plans were partially stopped after they made a typo in an online transfer request, Reuters reported. Continue reading… | Continue reading
A native Facebook Messenger app for Windows 10 is likely on its way.On Thursday, a beta version of the app appeared on Microsoft's Windows app store. The universal Windows app works on PCs and tablets running Microsoft's newest operating system. It doesn't work for Windows 10 mob … | Continue reading
Confide, the messaging platform that keeps everything confidential, has today announced the close of a $1.6 million extension to their seed round, bringing total funding to $3.6 million. Investors include existing investors such as WGI Group, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Crunch … | Continue reading
The Verge's New York offices now have an official virtual reality room. The library for its HTC Vive Pre holds a bunch of experiments and demos for full games we won't see for weeks or even months. But there's too much cool stuff to ignore. So for the next few weeks, we're puttin … | Continue reading
Google appears to be testing Android N preview on the Nexus 5, as well as variants of the Nexus 7 (2013). That's not conclusive proof that N preview will ever roll out to the devices. | Continue reading
In situations where you might not feel threatened enough to call the police, but where you do want to reach out to a friend and say ‘something’s not right here’, freshly launched app Guardian Circle has your back. The idea is simple: you add your friends & local contacts to an al … | Continue reading
At one time or another, almost all organizations seek media coverage. Most businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies strive hard for positive media attention. Whether with in-house PR staff or a PR agency, they use many avenues to gain media coverage, ranging f … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2016Pillar: Excellent ScienceOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016Latest information: H2020 2016-17 Work Programme update- The scope in the topic description has been updated, ther … | Continue reading
This is the Sony Mavica MVC-FD73, one of the first digital cameras. And the only way to record anything on this camera was on a floppy disk. Do you remember when 3.5" floppy disks roamed the earth? Few do. This was pre-memory-card. This was pre-Y2K. This might as well have been p … | Continue reading
Everyone has to start somewhere. David Bowie may have turned in impressive performances in Labyrinth and The Man Who Fell To Earth, but his first ever movie role was starring in The Image, a 13-minute short film that's most charitably described as enjoyably bad. The short has bee … | Continue reading
"No Love Like Yours," the latest video from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, is an evocative, dreamy vision of death and rebirth, set against the unique backdrop of New Orleans. It was also shot entirely on an iPhone 6S Plus. Utilizing a cobbled-together camera rig and an ap … | Continue reading
The Angry God of ARPU demands crapware | Continue reading
When actress Olivia Wilde offered to direct the latest music video for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros —fronted by her good friend Alex Ebert — she had something unique in mind.“I’ve been following the band for almost 10 years now, and I've told Alex over that time I'd love to … | Continue reading
Citymaps, the curated mapmaking company, has updated its iOS and Android application. Read More | Continue reading
Brands that manage their content marketing well do exist. Find out how the following six companies represent... | Continue reading
This week we teach you how to create the perfect internal linking structure for SEO and give you some in-depth advice on creating a St Patrick's Day marketing strategy with big results. | Continue reading
One of the biggest selling point of encrypted messaging app Confide is that you can send messages to someone with a level of discretion. But in case you type to the wrong person, the app will now let you ‘un-send’ that message as long as you’re using the mobile app version and yo … | Continue reading
Humans are nothing if not contrary. Technology destroying jobs is something most Americans accept will happen within their lifetimes, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center, just not to their own jobs — which most believe won’t change significantly in the next 50 yea … | Continue reading
At CES this year Roku and its TV manufacturer partners announced that some 4K models would be coming to market this year, bringing its inexpensive Roku-branded TVs from the likes of TCL and Insignia to the next level. Now the first 4K Roku TV is here.This morning Roku and TV-make … | Continue reading
General Management - Your client-agency partnership depends on open lines of communication. If that communication is limited, there's no real value in the relationship. | Continue reading
Is your site failing to attract visitors for a second time? Entice potential customers to return with this six optimization tips. | Continue reading
Craft from InVision just got a lot more powerful. A new Sketch plugin dubbed Styles lets you create, manage and edit your brand style guides on the fly. Seated in the Craft Manager, Styles creates a new page within Sketch where you can manage things like color palette, fonts, tex … | Continue reading
You might have the most innovative idea in the world, the most committed management team, and more funding than you could ever need – but if you can’t deliver a quality product to your customers on time, you’re in serious trouble. Maintaining a competitive edge requires product d … | Continue reading
DeepMind’s stunning victories over Go legend Lee Se-dol have stoked excitement over artificial intelligence’s potential more than any event in recent memory. But the Google subsidiary’s AlphaGo program is far from its only project — it’s not even the main one. As co-founder Demis … | Continue reading
South African online marketplace Bidorbuy has enabled bitcoin purchases. | Continue reading
You might soon be able to see a movie on opening night without leaving your couch. According to a report from Variety, top studio executives are considering a partnership with Screening Room, a new service that would give viewers at-home access to movies the same day they're out … | Continue reading
Ägyptisches Fremdenverkehrsamt: Berlin (ots) - - Umfrage zeigt: 61% aller Touristen weltweit sehen Ägypten als Reiseziel, das man einmal im Leben besucht haben muss. Für 53% ist ein Besuch im Land ein Muss und "the next big thing" der Zukunft. - Deutsche ... | Continue reading
Popular GPS driving app Waze has unveiled a refreshed Android app today, and with it comes a handful of interesting new smarts. Besides a new design and layout, perhaps the most intriguing new feature of version 4.0 is reminders — through integrating with your Google calendar, Wa … | Continue reading
The Bank of England (BoE), the central bank of the United Kingdom has sought a digital currency of its own. A centralized, completely central-bank controlled bitcoin clone in the form of a cryptocurrency called RSCoin. While financial institutions such as securities exchanges are … | Continue reading
Today, on the Content Warfare Podcast, we're joined by Michael Port, bestselling author of Book Yourself Solid and new Steal the Show. | Continue reading
So richtig kapieren wir das Stressball-Konzept der Nachwuchs-Designerin Simone Schramm ehrlich gesagt nicht, aber das mindert kaum die Faszination des Objekts namens Less Quantified Self – More Qualified You: Im kugelförmigen Gerät... | Continue reading
Content retargeting is serving content ads to people who have already read your content. It's a new tool in the content marketers toolkit and allows you to manage your content funnel a lot more effectively. Matching content to the buyers journey. For example: Someone reads your t … | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) announced today the "Friends of Labs", an advisory board of ten distinguished inventors, entrepreneurs, founders and angel investors. This group will help further the MVL mission of creating the next... | Continue reading
Hearthstone's next major expansion has been leaked via a painting on a wall.Blizzard's collectible card battler is due for its next big expansion. The developer has scheduled a livestream event at 6pm tomorrow, 11th March, to detail "what's coming next for the game".But, 24 hours … | Continue reading
Over the past 10 years technologies like smartphones and VR have marched steadily from the pages of speculative fiction and into reality, and given how ubiquitous these technologies have become it’s not surprising to see fears related to their rise pop up in movies and television … | Continue reading
A new position paper on “Opening doors to Universal Access to the Media” was published in February 2016 and is available for download on the position paper page (link). | Continue reading
The New York Times Magazine's first-ever Music Issue is out today, and along with it, the Times has released two new videos on its VR app. The first features Los Angeles group The Internet recording inside frontwoman Syd Tha Kyd's home studio. The second is a 360-degree video fro … | Continue reading
Catch ex-Obama Campaign CTO and Modest co-founder Harper Reed, along with many other top-class speakers, at TNW Europe in Amsterdam this May. Get your discount ticket. “I am awesome.” That’s how Harper Reed’s Twitter bio begins – hardly something you’d expect from a founding me … | Continue reading
Despite internet trolls hitting the headlines an awful lot over the past few years, ‘trolling’ is not actually a legal term yet in the UK. The UK government is now being asked to change that via a review of the current laws that govern “digital crime” with a view to creating one … | Continue reading
YouTube Gaming, the video network’s dedicated application for streaming and recorded game videos, and competitor to Amazon-owned Twitch, this morning announced an expansion into several more markets and a host of new features aimed at offering an improved browsing and viewing exp … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Press Release: With over 3 years experience in the industry Hashflare is pleased to announce one year Ethereum cloud mining contracts with NO maintenance fees which represents the best value on the market, after users sign up for a free account. The platform also offers l … | Continue reading
Hardcore game companies are obsessed with creating real-time strategy (RTS) games on mobile devices, as the genre is a huge one on the PC. But the hits have been few and far between. But Unnyhog is attempting to tackle the challenge with its new hardcore game, UnnyWorld, a mobile … | Continue reading
Got a passion for gaming? The time has never been better to build the skills necessary to start making money – or even kick off a new career – making games. If you’ve got a knack for creativity and a passion for gaming, you could soon be claiming your share of an incredibly lucra … | Continue reading
Startups, you don’t have time, money, or credibility to waste at events. But industry events can provide a big boost for international development and business growth when mastered properly. And if your plans include a trip to SXSW in the coming days, then now is the moment to le … | Continue reading
Blizzard’s Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has paved the way for collectible card games on mobile. And Electronic Arts is hopping on that road today with the limited launch of its free-to-play Plants vs Zombies Heroes collectible card game for mobile devices today. The launch com … | Continue reading
Virtuix, maker of the Omni virtual reality treadmill, said today it will move ahead with a “mini-IPO” under new regulations that allow companies to raise money in a new way. The move comes after potential investors pledged a non-binding $29 million in funds toward the investment. … | Continue reading
Twitter's #GIFParty produced great examples of how clever brands can use GIFs to drive social media engagement. | Continue reading